25 Books to Remember from 1969
Still going after 30 years.

The Chosen Place, the Timeless People
Marshall, Paule | Vintage, © 1969 | Fic M
An epic novel of life in the West Indies.
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The Economy of Cities
Jacobs, Jane | Random House, © 1969 | 338.09173 J
A controversial theory of urban economics.

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Fowles, John | Little, Brown, © 1969 | Fic F
A modern Victorian novel.
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Gandhi's Truth: On the origins of militant non-violence
Hudson, Erik H. | Norton, © 1969 | 323.2 E

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Grant Takes Command
Catton, Bruce | Little, Brown, © 1969 | 973.73 C
The period from 1863 through Appomattox.

The Kingdom and the Power
Talese, Gay | World Pub. Co., © 1969 | 071.471 T
An inside look at The New York Times, one of America's most powerful papers.
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Fraser, Antonia | Delacorte, © 1969 | B Mary F
An intimate portrait of one of history's most tragic figures.
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Mr. Bridge
Connell, Evan S., Jr. | Knopf, © 1969 | Fic C
A devastating portrait of middle class America.

Notebook 1967-68
Lowell, Robert | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 1969 | 811 Lowell
Political events through the eyes of a poet.

Portnoy's Complaint
Roth, Philip | Random House, © 1969 | Fic R
The ultimate dissection of an identity crisis.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. | Dell, © 1968 | Fic V
An imaginative novel based on the firebombing of Dresden.
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Witchcraft at Salem
Hansen, Chadwick | Braziller, © 1969 | 133.4 H
The evidence for the existence of witchcraft.
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Prepared by The Booklist Comittee, Office of Adult Services, The New York Public Library: Daryle McEachern, Polly Post Nelson, Robert Powers, Delores Randall, Jean-Anne South, Joshua Waller; Richard Tirotta, Chair.

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